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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT

WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT

INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PERMIT NO. 0022

In accordance with the provisions set forth in the Hillsborough County Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation and any or all applicable pretreatment regulations, standards or requirements under local, state, and federal laws, including any such regulations, standards, requirements, or laws that may become effective during the term of this permit, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SOUTHEAST COUNTY LANDFILL AND

SOUTHEAST LEACHATE TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION FACILITY (SLTRF)

is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at:

15960 COUNTY ROAD 672

LITHIA, FLORIDA 33574

into the Hillsborough County Water Resources Division (WRD) wastewater collection system in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Sections 1 through 8 hereof.

Compliance with this permit does not relieve the permittee of its obligation to comply with any or all applicable pretreatment regulations, standards or requirements under local, state, and federal laws, including any such regulations, standards, requirements, or laws that may become effective during the term of this permit.

Noncompliance with any terms or conditions of this permit shall constitute a violation of the Hillsborough County Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation.

This permit shall become effective DECEMBER 1, 2023, and shall expire at midnight on NOVEMBER 30, 2027.

If the permittee wishes to discharge after the expiration date of this permit, an application must be filed for a renewal permit a minimum of 60 days prior to the expiration date.

Jeffry Greenwell, P.E., Section Manager Hillsborough County BOCC Public Utilities Department Environmental Management Division

Issue Date: NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Appendix D - Industrial Pretreatment Permit

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION (EVSD)

PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT

WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1 - FACILITY DESCRIPTION & EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS

SECTION 2 - MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 3 - GENERAL PROHIBITIVE STANDARDS

SECTION 4 - STANDARD CONDITIONS

SECTION 5 – SPECIAL CONDITIONS

SECTION 6 - DEFINITIONS

SECTION 7 -REPORTING

SECTION 8 - FORMS

Hillsborough County Southeast County Landfill Industrial Pretreatment Permit No. 0022 Leachate Treatment and Reclamation Facility Expiration Date November 30, 2027

SECTION 1 - FACILITY DESCRIPTION & EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS

1.1 The Hillsborough County Southeast Landfill is run by the Solid Waste Management Division (SWMD). The Southeast County Landfill (SELF) facility is located 8.8 miles east of US Highway 301 on CR672 in Hillsborough County, Florida. The facility is a Class I Landfill, having approximately 196.9 total acres of total disposal area. The facility includes a landfill gas collection system, a leachate disposal system and a Leachate Treatment and Reclamation Facility. Southeast Leachate Treatment and Reclamation Facility treats raw leachate generated in the Southeast County Landfill. Raw leachate from the landfill is pumped into containment sumps which discharges to a holding tank. The raw leachate is pumped from the holding tank and processed through the onsite treatment facility. Treated leachate is held in the effluent storage tank. The treated effluent is spray-irrigated onto the landfill or is hauled off site for disposal. Raw leachate and effluent are transported off-site by hauling contractors to private disposal locations permitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). At the time of this permit issuance, the SELF facility has a contract in place to haul 118,000 GPD of leachate to approved off-site disposal locations. The off-site hauling contract capacity must be utilized before permission will be granted to discharge to Water Resources Division (WRD) facilities.

Emergency authorization may be granted to dispose of the leachate to WRD facilities upon written approval as detailed in Section 1.4 of this permit. The raw leachate and effluent may be transported by hauling contractors to the Hillsborough County Public Utilities wastewater pump station or the Hillsborough Heights connection, to be disposed of at either the Valrico or South County Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility (AWWTF).

The Leachate Evaporator at the SELF facility was completed during August 2021, with a capacity of 48,000 GPD, the evaporator is expected to generate approximately 2,750 gallons per day of residual and SWMD disposes of this residual in the landfill.

The SELF facility includes a biosolids composting facility which uses the Modified Static Aerobic Pile (MSAP) process. The MSAP method involves forming windrows of the mixed feedstocks, adding the Harvest Quest catalyst to the surface of the pile and capping each windrow with a layer of ground green waste or unscreened finish compost. The composting operation covers approximately 15 acres is adjacent to the west-northwest of Section 7 through 9 landfill footprint. The active composting is kept within a covered building area and the contact stormwater runoff is pumped to on-site storage tanks and is hauled off to a private wastewater treatment facility. The 37,000 ton/year biosolids composting and yard trimmings facility operates on a covered building on-site.

The Ash Processing Area is located on top of the landfill on 4.6 acres surrounded by an earthen berm. This project began in October 2017. Ash generated from waste burning activities from the Hillsborough County Resource Recovery facility is delivered to the landfill to be screened and processed as construction material.

Contact stormwater generated from the Ash Processing Area is considered “raw leachate” for the purposes of this permit and is pumped to Pond B. This contact stormwater is pumped to the onsite leachate treatment plant and is either discharged through spray irrigation or hauled off.

This industry employs 16 employees at the time of this permit issuance.

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1.2 In order for the above referenced facility to discharge at WRD wastewater facilities (Valrico and South

County) the current daily contract capacity (118,000 GPD) must be utilized before permission will be granted to discharge.

1.3 Should discharge become necessary to WRD wastewater facilities, discharge to shall be by written permission only. (E-mail is an acceptable communication format for all written requirements)

1.4 Steps for disposal to WRD wastewater facilities:

1. SWMD’s Director or designee shall provide a written discharge request to discharge SWMD leachate to WRD’s wastewater treatment facilities to the Industrial Pretreatment Program staff

(IPP).

The Discharge Request must contain the following:

a. Documentation of usage of daily contract used.

b. Justification for the proposed discharge.

c. Estimated daily volume in gallons of the proposed discharge.

d. Estimated duration of the proposed discharge.

e. The most recent analytical characterization of the leachate, but in no case shall the data be older than 90 days.

f. Requested location(s) Valrico AWWTP and/or South County AWWTP and hours of disposal.

2. IPP shall review the Request and determine the capacity and capability of the WRD wastewater facilities to receive the discharge. Based on the findings of IPP’s review of the Request, IPP shall within two business days:

a. Provide SWMD’s Director a written denial based on the findings of the IPP review, or

b. Forward the SWMD’s Request to discharge leachate to a WRD treatment facility and the

IPP’s review findings to the WRD Director or designee for review.

3. WRD Director or designee shall make a determination on the Request in writing within three business days to the IPP Manager. If the Request is granted, the written approval shall include the following:

a. The authorized location(s) and hours for discharge.

b. The estimated total volume and authorized daily volume (gallons) for discharge.

c. The authorized duration of discharge.

Note: In the event multiple locations are identified, the above information shall be provided for each location.

4. Based on the WRD’s findings, IPP staff shall provide the SWMD’s Director or designee a written determination to the Request within two business days. If the Request is granted, the written approval shall include the following:

a. The authorized location(s) and hours for discharge.

b. The estimated total volume and authorized daily volume (gallons) for discharge.

c. The authorized duration of discharge.

Note: In the event multiple locations are identified, the above information shall be provided for each location.

1.5 Once emergency authorization is given, the Permittee is authorized to discharge process wastewater to the WRD wastewater collection system from the Outfalls listed below.

Description of Outfalls:

OUTFALL Description Type Discharge Volume 001 Regulated Southeast

Landfill Leachate1,2 Batch 200,000 gpd

(Daily Maximum)

002 Regulated SLTRF Effluent 1,2

Batch 60,000 gpd (Daily Maximum)

1Regulated Process Wastewater includes: Regulated flows includes raw leachate and treated leachate effluent from the landfill.

2 In order Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Division to discharge to WRD wastewater facilities the current daily contract capacity must be utilized before permission will be granted to discharge to WRD wastewater facilities. However, in response to elevated influent flows or treatment problems at any of the wastewater treatment facilities that receive this flow, the Hillsborough County WRD reserves the right to further limit the amount of hauled leachate accepted at any one wastewater treatment facility.

1.6 The discharge from Outfall 001& Outfall 002 shall not exceed the following effluent limitations (Permitted Daily Maximum Limit and Permitted Monthly Average Limit):

(1) Local Daily Maximum Limits taken from Hillsborough County Codes of Ordinances and Laws, Part B Public Utilities, Chapter 120 (the “Code”), Section 157, Marine Surface Water Standards. Federal Daily Maximum Limits taken from 40 CFR are not applicable.

(2) Any Raw or treated leachate that is trucked directly to the Valrico AWWTF must have a pH between 6.0 and 11.0 S.U. Any

Raw or treated leachate that is trucked directly to the South County AWWTP must have a pH between 6.0 and 8.5 S.U.

(3) The sample type shall be a grab sample collected within 15 minutes, without regard for flow according to the Hillsborough

County Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation.

Parameter

(T) = Total Recoverable

Type of Limit F= Federal L=Local

Local Valrico AWWTF Permitted Daily Maximum Limit (1) (mg/L)

Local South County AWWTP Permitted Daily Maximum Limit (1) (mg/L)

Flow (Outfall 1) 200,000 GPD 200,000 GPD Flow (Outfall 2) 60,000 GPD 60,000 GPD Biological Oxygen Demand

(BOD)

2,202 lbs. / day 2,332 lbs. / day

Total Suspended Solids

(TSS)

2,922 lbs. / day 2,872 lbs. / day

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen

(TKN)

530 lbs. / day 490 lbs. / day

Total Phosphorus (TP) 80 lbs. / day 80 lbs. / day Total Dissolved Solids

(TDS)

Report Report

Arsenic (T) L 0.25 0.20 Cadmium (T) L 0.09 0.15 Chromium (T) L 4.2 2.6 Copper (T) L 1.4 0.7 Cyanide (T)

L 0.24 0.011

Lead (T) L 0.18 0.15 Mercury (T) L 0.002 0.006 Molybdenum (T) L 0.13 0.14 Manganese (T) L 17.0 0.16 Nickel (T) L 2.2 0.1 Fats, Oil & Grease (HEM) L 300 300 Selenium (T) L 0.16 0.42 Silver (T) L 0.024 0.78 Zinc (T) L 3.2 2.0 pH L 6.0 to 11.0 S.U. (2, 3) 6.0 to 8.5 S.U.(2, 3) Total Toxic Organics (TTO) F 2.13 2.13 TCLP Compounds F Report Report Total Ammonia L Report Report

1.7 The raw leachate from Outfall 001 and the effluent from Outfall 002 shall be Southeast Landfill Wastewater only and shall comply with Section 1, Discharge Standards, of the Hillsborough County Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation.

1.8 All discharges shall comply with all other applicable laws, regulations, standards, and requirements contained in the Hillsborough County Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation, Section 3 of this permit and any applicable state and federal pretreatment laws, regulations, standards, and requirements including any such laws, regulations, standards, or requirements that may become effective during the term of this permit.

1.9 All discharge standards may be revised by the Division Director of the Environmental Services Division (Director), if the Director determines that the limitations are not sufficient to protect the WRD's wastewater treatment and conveyance facilities and/or that the limitations are not sufficient to prevent the introduction of pollutants to the WRD's facilities which may pass through the treatment works or may otherwise be incompatible with or prove detrimental to the operation and maintenance of said facilities. The permittee shall be responsible, upon notification, to reduce or eliminate as required and within the schedule established by the Director the discharge of the specified pollutants.

SECTION 2 - MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

2.1 The permittee shall monitor Outfall 001 & Outfall 002 for the following parameters, at the indicated frequency, sample location, and utilizing the indicated sample type:

Parameter (Unit) Measurement Frequency

Sample Type EPA Analytical Method6

Flow (gallons) Daily Flow Meter & Calculation

Biological Oxygen Demand

(BOD)

Quarterly Grab1,2 5210 B

Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Quarterly Grab1,2 SM 2540D / 160.2 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) Quarterly Grab1,2 350.1, 351.1, 351.2

Total Phosphorus (TP) Quarterly Grab1,2 4500-P / 365.4 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Quarterly Grab1,2 SM 2540 C Total Ammonia Quarterly Grab1,2 350.1 Arsenic (As) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Cadmium (Cd) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Chromium (T) (Cr) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Copper (Cu) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Cyanide (T) (CN) Quarterly Grab1,2 4500-Cn Lead (Pb) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Mercury (Hg) Quarterly Grab1,2 245.1 Molybdenum (Mo) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Manganese (Mn) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Nickel (Ni) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Oil & Grease (O&G) Quarterly Grab1,2 1664 Selenium (Se) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Silver (Ag) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 Zinc (Zn) Quarterly Grab1,2 200.8 / 200.7 TCLP Compounds Semi-Annual Grab4 Method 1311

Total Toxic Organics (TTO) Semi-Annual Grab4 608,624,625 pH (S.U.) Daily Grab 2,3 ---------------

NOTE:

1The sample location for the Southeast Landfill raw leachate (Outfall 001) shall be the sampling tap in the blower building. The sample location for the Southeast County Leachate Treatment Reclamation Facility (SLTRF) effluent (Outfall 002) shall be the effluent sampling tap in the blower building or at the T6 sampling port. (See Figures 1,2 and 3 below)

2The sample type shall be a grab sample (collected within 15 minutes, without regard for flow) at the sampling ports after sufficient flushing to get a representative sample.

3The pH shall be monitored daily by the generator’s calibrated pH instrument. The pH analysis shall be recorded from the sampling port. The daily pH analysis shall be recorded on the Discharge Log and submitted with the Self-Monitoring Report. The pH metering device shall be calibrated daily and according to the manufacturing specifications. Calibration records shall be ready and available for inspection and maintained for a minimum of 3 years.

4TTO’s (Table 7.0) & TCLP (Table 8.0) compounds shall be collected in January and July of each year, unless noted otherwise.

Figure 1, 2, 3: Photos of sampling location

2.2 The permittee shall monitor Outfall 001 & Outfall 002 for the following parameter at the indicated frequency, sample location, and utilizing the indicated sample type:

Parameter (Unit) Sample Location Measurement Frequency

Sample Type

Flow (gallons) See note1 Per Load Meter 1

1 The flow from the Southeast Landfill (raw leachate) and the SLTRF (effluent leachate) shall be measured using the flow meter at the loading station.

2.3 ADDITIONAL MONITORING BY THE PERMITTEE - If the permittee monitors its discharge for any pollutant more frequently than required by this permit, using test procedures prescribed in 40 CFR 136, DEP’s SOP-001/01 or approved amendments identified in this permit, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the calculation and results shall be reported in the permittee's self-monitoring reports.

2.4 ANALYTICAL METHODS TO DEMONSTRATE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE - All sampling and analysis required by this permit shall be performed in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 CFR Part 136, the State of Florida "Department of Environmental Protection Standard Operating Procedures for Field Activities (DEP-SOP-001/01).

2.5 COUNTY MONITORING - The permittee will be monitored by the Industrial Pretreatment Group (IPP) of the Hillsborough County Public Utilities Environmental Services Division (EVSD) during scheduled and unscheduled spot check visits.

2.6 FLOW MEASUREMENTS - Flow measurements are required by this permit. The appropriate flow measurement devices and methods consistent with approved scientific practices shall be selected and used to ensure the accuracy and reliability of measurements of the volume of monitored discharges. The devices shall be installed, calibrated, and maintained to ensure that the accuracy of the measurements is consistent with the accepted capability of that type of device. Devices selected shall be capable of measuring flows with a maximum deviation of less than ten percent (10%) from true discharge rates throughout the range of expected discharge volumes. The flow meter shall be calibrated at least every 12 months.

2.7 PERMITEE’S ANALYTICAL LABORATORY – The permittee shall utilize a State of Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services certified laboratory of its choosing for the purpose of complying with the requirements of this permit. Certification must be current during the performance of a required analysis for each parameter measured. The permittee is directly responsible for ensuring the validity of all analytical measurements received from its laboratory as required by this permit. REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING - Samples and measurements taken as required herein shall be representative of the volume and nature of the monitored discharge. All samples shall be taken at the monitoring points specified in this permit and, unless otherwise specified, before the effluent joins or is diluted by any other waste stream, body of water or substance. All equipment used for sampling and analysis must be routinely calibrated, inspected and maintained to ensure their accuracy. Monitoring points shall not be changed without notification to and prior approval of the Director.

2.8 SAMPLING EQUIPMENT - The permittee shall assure that all monitoring and analytical instruments, including those of contract services, are calibrated and maintained at regular intervals to ensure accuracy of measurements. The permittee shall provide the calibration records and shall demonstrate the accuracy of the monitoring devices upon request of the Director.

2.9 SAMPLING PROCEDURES – If the permittee performs its own sampling, the permittee shall prepare a written description of its procedure entitled “Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Environmental Sampling for Industrial Pretreatment Requirements”. This document shall be submitted to the County for approval within 90 days after the issuance of this permit. The EVSD may, at its option, observe the collection of the required samples by the permittee to ensure that FDEP approved sampling methods are complied with in full. Failure to follow FDEP sampling procedures will result in the EVSD’s rejection of the sample and any resulting analytical results that may be submitted by the permittee.

2.10 VIOLATION NOTIFICATION AND AUTOMATIC RESAMPLING - If the results of the permittee's wastewater analysis indicates a violation has occurred, the permittee must:

1. Inform the Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department, Environmental Services Division (EVSD) of the violation within 24 hours;

2. Repeat the sampling and pollutant analysis and submit, in writing, the results of the repeat analysis within thirty (30) days after becoming aware of the violation, except the permittee is not required to resample if:

a. The EVSD performs sampling at the permittee’s location at a frequency of at least once per month; or

b. The EVSD performs sampling at the permittee’s location between the time when the permittee performs its initial sampling and the time when the permittee receives the results of the sampling. The data may be included on the respective monthly self-monitoring report.

SECTION 3 - GENERAL PROHIBITIVE STANDARDS

3.1 The permittee shall comply with all the general and specific prohibitive discharge standards in the Hillsborough County Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation. Namely, the Permittee shall not discharge the following substances to the wastewater collection system:

1. Any pollutants or wastewater which will interfere with the operation or performance of the POTW;

2. Any liquids, solids or gases which by reason of nature or quantity are, or may be, sufficient either alone or by interaction with other substances to cause fire or explosion or be injurious in any other way to the POTW or to the operation of the POTW. At no time, shall two successive readings on an explosion hazard meter, at the point of discharge into the system (or at any point in the system) be more than five percent (5%) nor any single reading over ten percent (10%) of the Lower Explosive Limit (LEL) of the meter. Additionally, in no case shall pollutants with a closed cup flashpoint of less than one hundred forty (140o F) degrees Fahrenheit (60o C) be discharged into the wastewater collection system. Prohibited materials include, but are not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethers, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, peroxides, chlorates, perchlorates, bromates, carbides, hydrides and sulfides and any other substances which the County, the State or EPA has notified the Permittee is a fire hazard or a hazard to the system;

3. Solid or viscous substances which may cause obstruction to the flow in a wastewater collection system or other Interference with the operation of the wastewater treatment facilities but in no case solids greater than one-half inch (1/2”) in any dimension such as, but not limited to: grease, garbage, animal guts or tissues, manure, bones, hair, hides or fleshing, entrails, whole blood, feathers, ashes, cinders, sand, spent lime, stone or marble dust, metal, glass, straw, shavings, grass clippings, rags, spent grains, spent hops, wastepaper, wood, plastics, gas, tar, asphalt residues, residues from refining or processing of fuel or lubricating oil, mud, or glass grinding or polishing wastes;

4. Any wastewater having a pH less than 6.0 S.U. or greater than 11.0 S.U. (8.5 S.U. if the facility is within three miles of the POTW), unless the POTW is specifically designed to accommodate such wastewater, or wastewater having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment, and/or personnel of the POTW;

5. Any wastewater containing toxic pollutants in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other pollutants, to injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create a toxic effect in the receiving waters of the POTW, or to exceed the limitation set forth in a Categorical Pretreatment Standard.

6. A toxic pollutant shall include but not be limited to any pollutant identified pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act (Act);

7. Any noxious or malodorous liquids, gases, solids, or other wastewaters which either singly or by interaction with other wastes are sufficient to create a public nuisance or hazard to life or are sufficient to prevent entry into the wastewater collection system for maintenance and repair;

8. Any substance which may cause the POTW's effluent or any other product of the POTW such as residues, sludges, or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process. In no case, shall a substance discharged to the POTW cause the POTW to be in noncompliance with sludge use or disposal criteria, guidelines, or regulations developed under Section 405 of the Act; any criteria, guidelines, or regulations affecting sludge use or disposal developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or State criteria applicable to the sludge management method being used;

9. Any substance which will cause the POTW to violate its NPDES and/or State Disposal System Permit or the receiving water quality standards;

10. Any wastewater with objectionable color not removed in the treatment process, such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions, which consequently imparts color to the treatment plant’s effluent, thereby violating its NPDES permit;

11. Any wastewater having a temperature which will inhibit biological activity in the POTW treatment plant resulting in Interference, but in no case wastewater with a temperature at the introduction into the POTW which exceeds 40oC (104oF);

12. Any pollutants, including oxygen demanding pollutants (BOD, etc.) released at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which a Permittee knows or has reason to know will cause Interference with the POTW;

13. Any wastewater containing any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Director in compliance with the applicable state or federal regulations;

14. Any wastewater containing medical or infectious biohazardous waste which causes a hazard to human life or creates a public nuisance;

15. Any petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products of mineral oil origin in amounts that will cause Interference or Pass-Through;

16. Detergents, surface-active agents, or other substances which may cause excessive foaming in the

POTW;

17. Sludges, screenings, or other residues from the pretreatment of industrial wastes.

SECTION 4 - STANDARD CONDITIONS

4.1 ADDITIONAL MONITORING BY THE PERMITTEE - If the permittee monitors the discharge for any pollutant more frequently than required by this permit, using test procedures prescribed in 40 CFR 136, DEP’s SOP-001/01 or approved amendments identified in this permit, the results of this monitoring shall be included in the calculation and results shall be reported in the permittee's self-monitoring reports.

4.2 AVAILABILITY AND RETENTION OF RECORDS

1. The permittee shall retain records of all monitoring information, including all calibration and maintenance records and all original strip chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation, copies of all reports required by this permit, and records of all data used to complete the application for this permit, for a period of at least three (3) years from the date of the sample, measurement, report or application. This period may be extended at any time by request of the Director.

2. All records that pertain to matters that are the subject of special orders or any other enforcement or litigation activities brought by the EVSD shall be retained and preserved by the permittee until all enforcement activities have concluded and all periods of limitation with respect to any and all appeals have expired.

3. Except for data determined to be confidential, all reports prepared in accordance with terms of this permit shall be available for public inspection. Effluent data shall not be considered confidential.

4.3 BYPASS OF TREATMENT FACILITIES

1. Bypass is prohibited unless unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury or severe property damage or no feasible alternatives exist.

2. The permittee may allow bypass to occur which does not cause effluent limitations to be exceeded, but only if the bypass is essential maintenance to assure efficient operation.

3. Notification of bypass:

a. Anticipated bypass. If the permittee knows in advance of the need for a bypass, The permittee shall submit prior written notice, at least ten days before the date of the bypass, to the Director.

b. Unanticipated bypass. The permittee shall immediately notify the EVSD and submit a written notice to the Director within five (5) days. This report shall specify:

(a) A description of the bypass, and its cause, including its duration;

(b) Whether the bypass has been corrected; and

(c) The steps being taken or to be taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent a reoccurrence of the bypass.

4.4 CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES – A permittee who has violated, or continues to violate, any provisions of this ordinance, a wastewater discharge permit, or order issued hereunder, or any other pretreatment standard or requirement may be liable to the County for a minimum civil and/or criminal penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per violation, per day. In the case of a monthly or other long-term average discharge limit, penalties shall accrue for each day during the period of the violation.

4.5 COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS -

The permittee shall comply at ALL times with any and all applicable local, state and federal pretreatment standards and requirements including any such standards or requirements that may become effective during the term of this permit. Issuance of this permit shall not relieve the permittee from complying with all applicable permits, laws, regulations and ordinances promulgated by the County or other governmental authorities, nor shall issuance of this permit be construed as a representation by the County that the discharge permitted herein complies with all such permits, laws, rules, regulations and ordinances.

4.6 CONTINUATION OF EXPIRED PERMITS - An expired permit will continue to be effective and enforceable until the permit is reissued if:

1. The permittee has submitted a complete permit application at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of the Permittee's existing permit.

2. The failure to reissue the permit, prior to expiration of the previous permit, is not due to any act or failure to act on the part of the permittee.

4.7 DILUTION - The permittee shall not increase the use of potable or process water or, in any way attempt to dilute an effluent as a partial or complete substitute for adequate treatment to achieve compliance with the limitations contained in this permit.

4.8 DUTY TO COMPLY - The permittee must comply with all conditions of this permit. Noncompliance with any term or condition of this permit shall constitute a violation of the Hillsborough County Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation and will be grounds for administrative action, or enforcement proceedings including civil or criminal penalties and injunctive relief.

4.9 DUTY TO HALT OR REDUCE ACTIVITY - Upon reduction of efficiency of operation, or loss or failure of all or part of the treatment facility, the permittee shall, to the extent necessary to maintain compliance with its permit, control its production or discharges (or both) until operation of the treatment facility is restored or an alternative method of treatment is provided. This requirement applies, for example, when the primary source of power of the treatment facility fails or is reduced. Duty to halt or reduce activity shall not be a defense for a permittee in an enforcement action that would have been necessary to halt or reduce the permitted activity in order to maintain compliance with the conditions of this permit.

4.10 DUTY TO MITIGATE - The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize or correct any adverse impact to the public treatment plant or the environment resulting from noncompliance with this permit, including such accelerated or additional monitoring as necessary to determine the nature and impact of the non-complying discharge.

4.11 DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION - The permittee shall furnish to the Director, within a reasonable time, any information which the Director may request to determine whether cause exists for modifying, revoking and reissuing, terminating or determining compliance with this permit. The permittee shall also furnish, upon request, copies of records required to be kept by this permit.

4.12 DUTY TO RE-APPLY - If the permittee desires to continue to discharge after the expiration of this permit, the permittee shall re-apply on the application forms then in use at least sixty (60) days before this permit expires. Under no circumstances shall the permittee continue to discharge after the expiration of this permit.

4.13 DUTY TO REPORT CHANGED CONDITIONS - The permittee shall report to the Director prior to the introduction of new wastewater or pollutants or any substantial change in the volume or characteristics of the wastewater being discharged into the POTW from the Permittee’s industrial processes.

4.14 EXTENSIONS - This permit may be extended only with the written permission of the Director.

4.15 FALSIFYING INFORMATION - Knowingly making any false statement on any report or other document required by this permit or knowingly rendering any monitoring device or method inaccurate, is a crime and may result in the imposition of criminal sanction and/or civil penalties.

4.16 INSPECTION AND ENTRY - The permittee shall allow the EVSD or any authorized representative, upon the presentation of credentials and other documents as may be required by law, to:

1. Enter upon the permittee's premises where a regulated facility or activity is located or conducted, or where records must be kept under the conditions of this permit;

2. Have access to and copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept under the conditions of this permit;

3. Inspect at reasonable times any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required under this permit;

4. Sample or monitor, for the purposes of assuring permit compliance, any substances or parameters at any location;

5. Inspect any production, manufacturing, fabricating, or storage area where pollutants, regulated under the permit, could originate, be stored, or be discharged to the wastewater collection system; and

6. Enter upon a permittee's premise where an effluent source is located, during business and non-business hours, when a condition of emergency exists due to a process upset or discharge which may cause harm to the WRD's wastewater treatment facilities or process, or to the health or welfare of the community.

4.17 LIMITATION ON PERMIT TRANSFERS- Permits are issued to a specific permittee for a specific operation, or discharge at a specific location. A permit shall not be reassigned or transferred or sold to a new owner, new permittee, different premises, or a new or changed operation without the approval of the Director.

1. Permittees wishing to transfer their permits must give at least thirty (30) days advance notice to the

Director.

2. The notice must include a copy of a written agreement between the transferor and the transferee which:

a. States that the new owner has no immediate intent to change the facility's operations and processes;

b. Identifies the specific date on which the transfer is to occur;

c. Acknowledges full responsibility for complying with the existing permit.

3. The Director, within ten (10) working days of receiving the permit transfer request, will respond to the parties in writing. In the event the Director denies the request, the new owner/operator must submit a permit application in accordance with the County's Industrial Wastewater Discharge Regulation and may not introduce industrial wastewater into the POTW until the new final permit is received.

4.18 NON-COMPLIANCE - In the event the permittee is unable to comply with any of the conditions of this permit due to a breakdown of pretreatment facilities, process upset, emergency conditions or the occurrence of a spill, the permittee shall immediately notify the Director of such occurrence. In addition, the permittee shall provide the Director with the following information in writing within five (5) days after commencement of such occurrence:

1. Description of the discharge and the cause of noncompliance;

2. Anticipated time the condition of noncompliance is expected to continue, or if such conditions have been corrected, the duration of the period of noncompliance;

3. Steps taken by the permittee to reduce and eliminate the non-complying discharge;

4. Steps to be taken by the permittee to prevent recurrence of the condition of noncompliance.

The permittee shall give advance notice to the Director ninety (90) days prior to any planned changes in the permitted facility or activity which may result in noncompliance with permit requirements.

A documented and verified operating upset shall be an affirmative defense to any enforcement action brought against the permittee for violations attributable to the upset event. However, depending upon the nature and extent of the violation, fines may still be assessed.

4.19 NOTICE OF VIOLATION (NOV) – Any violation of pretreatment requirements, including but not limited to discharge limits, sampling, analysis, reporting, and meeting compliance schedules, and regulatory deadlines, shall be considered as noncompliance for which the permittee is liable for enforcement, including penalties.

4.20 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGED DISCHARGE - The permittee shall promptly notify the Director, in advance of any change in the volume or character of pollutants in their discharge that may result in pass through or interference to the POTW.

4.21 PERMIT ACTION - This permit may be modified, revoked and reissued, or terminated for good causes including, but not limited to, the following:

1. To incorporate any new or revised federal, state, or local pretreatment standards or requirements;

2. Material or substantial alterations or additions to the discharger's operational processes, or discharge volume or character which were not covered in the effective permit; Significant changes include, but are not limited to flow increases of 20% or greater, and the discharge of any previously unreported pollutants;

3. A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge;

4. Information indicating that the permitted discharge poses a threat to the WRD's collection and treatment systems, POTW personnel or the receiving waters;

5. Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;

6. Misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts in the permit application or in any required reporting;

7. Revision of or a grant of variance from such Categorical Standards pursuant to 62-625.700 F.A.C.;

8. Upon request of the permittee, provided such request does not create a violation of any existing applicable requirements, standards, laws or rules and regulations;

9. To correct typographical or other errors in the permit;

10. To reflect transfer of the facility ownership and/or operation to a new owner/operator.

The filing of a request by the permittee for a permit modification, revocation and re-issuance, or termination, or a notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance, does not stay any permit condition.

4.22 PERMIT APPEALS - The permittee may petition to appeal the terms of this permit within thirty (30) days of receipt of the issued permit.

This petition must be in writing. Failure to submit a petition for review shall be deemed to be a waiver of the appeal. In the petition, the permittee must indicate the permit provisions objected to, the reasons for this objection, and the alternative condition, if any, the permittee seeks to be placed in the permit.

The effectiveness of this permit shall not be stayed pending reconsideration by the EVSD Permit Review Committee (Committee). If, after considering the petition and any arguments put forth by the Director, the Committee determines that reconsideration is proper, the Committee shall send the permit back to the Director for re-issuance. Those permit provisions being reconsidered by the Director shall be stayed pending re-issuance.

4.23 PERMIT TERMINATION - Pursuant to the Hillsborough County Industrial Wastewater Discharge

Regulation, this permit may be terminated for, but not limited to, the following reasons:

1. Falsifying self-monitoring report;

2. Tampering with monitoring equipment;

3. Refusing to allow timely access to the facility premises and records;

4. Failure to meet effluent limitations;

5. Failure to pay fines;

6. Failure to pay wastewater charges;

7. Failure to meet compliance schedules;

8. Failure to report significant changes in operation, or wastewater constituents and characteristics.

4.24 PROPER DISPOSAL OF PRETREATMENT SLUDGES AND SPENT CHEMICALS - Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the course of treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed in accordance with Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, Subtitles C and D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and current state and local requirements.

4.25 PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - The permittee shall at all times properly operate and maintain all facilities and systems of treatment and control (and related appurtenances) which are installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the conditions of this permit. Proper operation and maintenance includes but is not limited to: effective performance, adequate funding, adequate operator staffing and training and adequate laboratory and process controls, including appropriate quality assurance procedures.

This provision requires the operation of back-up or auxiliary facilities or similar systems only when necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit. Bypass of treatment facilities is prohibited except as provided for and in accordance with the requirements set forth by this permit.

4.26 PROPERTY RIGHTS - The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights of any sort, or any exclusive privileges, nor does the permit authorize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal rights, nor any violation of federal, state or local laws or regulations.

4.27 PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF VIOLATORS - The permittee is apprised that noncompliance with this permit may lead to an enforcement action and may result in publication of its name in an appropriate newspaper in accordance with this section. Permittees classified as being in Significant Noncompliance (SNC) shall be required to notify the public by publishing the violation in the largest newspaper with general circulation.

4.28 RECOVERY OF COSTS INCURRED - In the event the discharges from the permittee causes damage to the WRD's infrastructure or violates the WRD's discharge permits or contractual obligations, or causes injury to any person or property, the permittee shall indemnify the County the actual cost of the damage or other liabilities incurred by the County, including but not limited to fines levied against the County by the regulatory agencies. The County shall bill the permittee for the costs incurred for any cleaning, repair, or replacement work caused by the violation or discharge. Refusal to pay the assessed costs shall constitute a violation.

4.29 SEVERABILITY - The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to any circumstance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other circumstances, and the remainder of this permit, shall not be affected thereby.

4.30 SIGNATORY REQUIREMENTS - All applications, reports, or information submitted to the Hillsborough

County EVSD must contain the following certification statement and be signed as required in Section (a), (b),

(c) or (d) below:

"I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations."

1. By a responsible corporate officer, if the permittee submitting the reports is a corporation. For the purpose of this paragraph, a responsible corporate officer means:

a. a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation; or

b. the manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions that govern the operation of the regulated facility including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for individual wastewater discharge permit or general permit requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.

2. By a general partner or proprietor if the permittee submitting the reports is a partnership or sole proprietorship, respectively;

3. By a duly authorized representative of the individual designated in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section if:

a. the authorization is made in writing by the individual described in paragraph (a) or (b);

b. the authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the facility from which the Industrial discharge originates, such as the position of the plant manager, operator of a well, or a well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and

c. the written authorization is submitted to the EVSD.

4. If an authorization under paragraph (c) of this section is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for the environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section must be submitted to the EVSD prior to or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.

4.31 SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC) – Violations shall be identified as those violations or patterns of violations by the permittee that are instances of Significant Noncompliance (SNC). The determination of SNC is patterned after criteria used in the NPDES program (40 CFR 123.45). Instances of SNC are permittee violations which meet one or more of the following criteria:

1. Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which sixty-six percent (66%) or more of all of the measurements taken for the same pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits;

2. Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which thirty-three percent (33%) or more of all of the wastewater measurement taken for each pollutant parameter during a six-month period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement including instantaneous limit, multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);

3. Any other violations of a pretreatment standard or requirement (daily maximum or longer-term average, instantaneous limit, or narrative standard) that the EVSD determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through (including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public);

4. Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the Director’s exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;

5. Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in an individual wastewater discharge permit or a general permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;

6. Failure to provide, within forty-five (45) days after the due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, 90-day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;

7. Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or

8. Any other violation or group of violations that the EVSD considers to be significant, including a violation of Best Management Practices, which the EVSD determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the EVSD’s pretreatment program.

As part of its enforcement action, the EVSD shall notify the permittee of each incident of a SNC, and each notice shall include an order for the Permittee to come into compliance immediately, or to enter into a compliance agreement with the EVSD. The EVSD shall annually publish a newspaper list of permittees that were identified as being in SNC during the previous twelve (12) months. The notice shall also summarize any enforcement actions taken against the permittee.

4.32 SLUG CONTROL PLAN REQUIREMENTS – In accordance with Chapter 62-625.500(2) (b) 6 F.A.C, a permittee is required to notify the EVSD…